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Personal info

Full name
WEBBER, Sumner Manning
Date of birth
20 April 1919
Age
25
Place of birth
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Hometown
Westwood, Bergen County, New Jersey

Military service

Service number
32064526
Rank
Corporal
Function
unknown
Unit
747th Tank Battalion
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Died of Wounds
Date of death
4 September 1944
Place of death
unknown

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Epinal
Plot Row Grave
B 39 15

Immediate family

Members
George Webber (father)
Nettie Webber (mother)
George Webber (brother)

More information

Cpl Sumner M. Webber was a baseball player before he enlisted in Newark, New Jersey on 31 March 1941.

He died of wounds, caused by small arms fire in the thorax and abdomen.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - 1930/1940 Census / U.S. Headstone and Interment Record for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / U.S. Draft Cards Young Men / U.S. WW2 Hospital Admission Cards

Photo source: www.findagrave.com – Andy